Satellite Images Show Persian Gulf Oil Slicks Growing During War May 22, 2026 By Laura Millan Ecologists are concerned that the war in the Middle East risks creating an environmental disaster, as satellite images show that...
Iran in Talks With Oman Over Permanent Hormuz Toll System May 21, 2026 By Samy Adghirni, Flavia Krause-Jackson and Alan Katz Iran is discussing with Oman how to set up some form of a permanent toll system that will formalize its...
Iran Consolidating Control of Hormuz With Checkpoints, Vetting and Sometimes ‘Fees’ May 20, 2026 By Devjyot Ghoshal, Ahmed Rasheed, Parisa Hafezi, Gavin Finch and Saurabh Sharma The tanker crew gathered their courage and carefully navigated along a route designated by Iran, hugging the coastline and maneuvering...
Tankers Exit Strait of Hormuz With 6 Million Barrels of Crude Oil May 20, 2026 By Florence Tan and Jonathan Saul Three supertankers were crossing the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday carrying oil bound for Asian markets, after waiting in the...
Few Foreign Ships Seen in Hormuz Amid Reports of Iran’s Insurance Plan May 19, 2026 By Prejula Prem and Julian Lee The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed to commercial shipping, with maritime traffic reduced to a trickle and dominated by...
Iran Starts Bitcoin-Backed Shipping Insurance for Hormuz Strait May 18, 2026 By Golnar Motevalli Iran has started a Bitcoin-backed insurance service for Iranian shipping companies that want to transit the Strait of Hormuz, the...
Oil Tankers Transiting Strait of Hormuz Since Start of Iran War May 15, 2026 By Ruth Chai and Florence Tan The U.S. has maintained a blockade of Iranian ports, while Iran lifted and then reimposed its own blockade on marine...
Iran’s Threats to Hormuz Undersea Cables Highlight Vulnerabilites of Data Chokepoints May 15, 2026 By Meredith Primrose Jones Early this week, Iranian state-linked media floated a plan to charge the operators of undersea internet cables in the Strait...
UAE-Owned Tanker Leaks Some Fuel off Oman Following Iranian Strike May 13, 2026 A unit of state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company said on Wednesday that one of its tankers struck by Iranian...
Iran Says It’s Deployed Mini Subs in Contest to Control Hormuz May 12, 2026 By Gerry Doyle and Golnar Motevalli Iran says it’s deployed small submarines to act as an “invisible guardian” of the Strait of Hormuz amid a series...